One challenge, Pentagon experts say, will be attracting top IT talent because the private sector can pay much larger salaries — especially in times of shrinking Defense budgets. To that end, “DOD will focus on the establishment of dynamic programs to attract talent early,” the plan states.

‘One of the main reasons RIM missed the mark with the browser was because they were always proud of how little data usage a user would use,’ a former executive said. ‘There was no three-year plan at RIM.’